ECE Spotlight

We’re excited to invite you to peruse our new magazine, showcasing and celebrating the accomplishments and journeys of our alumni, students, and faculty this past year.

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Taiyo Nippon Sanso and North Carolina State University Agree to Three-Year Collaboration to Enable New GaN Optoelectronic Technologies and Commercial Opportunities

Jan 18, 2022 | News

North Carolina State University and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation announce a three-year collaboration that will attempt to identify methods to advance GaN-based device epitaxy and device technology.

Bhattacharya Elevated to IEEE Fellow

Dec 20, 2021 | Faculty, News

Subhashish Bhattacharya was honored with elevation to IEEE Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field and to power conversion systems and active power filters.

Kish Named Fellow of National Academy of Inventors

Dec 13, 2021 | Awards

Congratulations to Fred Kish who has been elected to the rank of Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors, joining 21 other NC State NAI fellows.

NC State Ranked No. 1 Entrepreneurship Program in the Southeast

Dec 5, 2021 | News

NC State ranked No. 1 in the Southeast for both undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship education programs and came in at No. 15 in both lists of Top 50 Undergraduate Schools and Top 50 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies in the nation for 2022.

PAWR Program Announces Launch of AERPAW Testbed for Advanced Research on Wireless Connectivity and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Nov 9, 2021 | News, Smart

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces general availability of the AERPAW wireless testbed for network communications and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) research.

First-generation ECE graduate returns success

Nov 2, 2021 | Alumni

Growing up in a blue-collar family in eastern North Carolina, Maurice Partin thinks his parents knew the only way he’d get to college was with a scholarship. And now he’s helping first-gen college students follow in his path.

Best online master’s in computer engineering 2021: Top picks

January 3, 2022 | ZDNet

Computer engineers develop, improve, and implement the technologies that have become essential to the success of so many organizations. We look at the best schools offering a master’s in computer engineering, with NC State’s online computer engineering master’s program at No. 2, which focuses on VLSI systems and networking, along with computer architecture and systems.

America’s Greatest Disruptors: Amay Bandodkar

December 15, 2021 | newsweek

Tiny computers can do wonderful things when strapped to your body—think smartwatches, fitness trackers and other wearables—but how to comfortably, easily and consistently power these devices without a bulky battery and the need for constant recharging is a challenge. Amay Bandodkar has come up with a novel idea: Use sweat.

Why this NC State project could accelerate drone entrepreneurship

November 10, 2021 | Triange Business Journal

Entrepreneurs looking to monetize 5G networks “and beyond” have a new tool thanks to a national effort spearheaded by a research team at North Carolina State University. AERPAW, a project designed to accelerate the integration of unmanned aerial systems – also known as drones – is now generally available, a development officials say could give Triangle companies the upper hand.

Upcoming Seminar

Developing sensors and systems for functional interventional ultrasound imaging

Brooks Lindsey
Assistant Professor, Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech
is speaking on January 21, 2022.

Upcoming Seminar

Developing Reliable Power Electronics

F. Patrick McCluskey
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, College Park
is speaking on January 28, 2022.

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As one of only two institutions to be home to two concurrent NSF Engineering Research Centers, one of three NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Initiatives, the home of the Department of Energy’s PowerAmerica institute, and leaders in the only North America IBM Quantum Hub, we are ranked among the top academic units engaged in scientific research in the United States.